Tracklist

A	Overture, Act I (Beginning)
B	Act I (Continued)
C	Act I (Continued)
D	Act I (Conclusion)
E	Act II (Beginning)
F	Act II (Conclusion)

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Kingsway Hall

Credits

• Baritone Vocals [Second Prisoner] – Raymond Wolansky
• Bass Vocals [Don Fernando] – Franz Crass
• Bass Vocals [Don Pizarro] – Walter Berry
• Bass Vocals [Rocco] – Gottlob Frick
• Chorus – Philharmonia Chorus
• Chorus Master – Wilhelm Pitz
• Composed By – Beethoven*
• Conductor – Otto Klemperer
• Libretto By – Friedrich Treitschke*, Joseph Sonnleithner
• Mezzo-soprano Vocals [Leonore] – Christa Ludwig
• Orchestra – Philharmonia Orchestra
• Photography By [Cover] – Angus McBean
• Repetiteur – Heinrich Schmidt
• Soprano Vocals [Marzelline] – Ingeborg Hallstein
• Tenor Vocals [First Prisoner] – Kurt Wehofschitz
• Tenor Vocals [Florestan] – Jon Vickers
• Tenor Vocals [Jaquino] – Gerhard Unger
• Translated By – William R. Gann

Notes

Recorded February-March 1962
Recording first published 1962
Comes with 20 page booklet.
Light blue lp labels.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Etched): XAX-X-2292-D2
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Stamped): XAX-X-2293-D1
• Matrix / Runout (Side C Runout Stamped): XAX-X-2294-D1
• Matrix / Runout (Side D Runout Etched): XAX-X-2295-D2
• Matrix / Runout (Side E Runout Etched): XAX-X-2296-D2
• Matrix / Runout (Side F Runout Stamped): XAX-X-2297-D3

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SMS 1014, SAX 2451-2453, SAX 2451-3, SAX 2451, SAX	Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer	Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer - Fidelio ‎(3xLP + Box)	Columbia, Columbia, Columbia, Columbia, Columbia, Columbia	SMS 1014, SAX 2451-2453, SAX 2451-3, SAX 2451, SAX	UK	Unknown
S-5303, R-00902, R-00903, S/5303-4-5	Beethoven* : Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Walter Berry, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer	Beethoven* : Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Walter Berry, Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus, Otto Klemperer - Fidelio ‎(3xLP, Club, Box)	World Record Club, World Record Club, World Record Club, World Record Club	S-5303, R-00902, R-00903, S/5303-4-5	Australia	1977
SLS 5006	Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry	Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Walter Berry - Fidelio ‎(3xLP + Box)	EMI	SLS 5006	UK	1962
1C 149-00 559/61	Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Chorus London*	Ludwig van Beethoven, Otto Klemperer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Christa Ludwig, Jon Vickers, Gottlob Frick, Chorus London* - Fidelio ‎(3xLP + Box)	EMI, La Voix De Son Maître	1C 149-00 559/61	Germany	Unknown
SMS 1014, SAX 2451-2453, SAX 2451-3, SAX 2451, SAX	Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer	Beethoven*, Otto Klemperer - Fidelio ‎(3xLP, RP + Box)	Columbia, Columbia, Columbia, Columbia, Columbia, Columbia	SMS 1014, SAX 2451-2453, SAX 2451-3, SAX 2451, SAX	UK	Unknown